Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 889 · 40 questions

How to say it (One beat for each vowel sound): Say the word slowly and clap once for each beat: el – e – phant = 3. Count vowel SOUNDS, not vowel letters: “school” has one sound (oo) = 1 beat. Do not add beats: film = 1, school = 1, asked = 1.

1. 1.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) computer (c) strength
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) film (b) together (c) little
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) elephant (b) sister (c) shirt
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
17. 17.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) biology (b) world (c) together
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) little (b) bright (c) potato
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) understanding (b) happy (c) hospital
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) refrigerator (c) doctor
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
31. 31.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) child (b) international (c) conversation
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3

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